#FFC142#FFC142

#FFC142 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.153 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFC142
RGB	rgb(255, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 10.75, 68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 69.68, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% 0.0232 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.153 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.2974, 59.7979, 13.4669)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFC142 #4280FF

analogous

#FF6242 #FFC142 #DFFF42

triadic

#FFC142 #42FFC1 #C142FF

tetradic

#FFC142 #42FF62 #4280FF #FF42DF

square

#FFC142 #42FF62 #4280FF #FF42DF

split-complementary

#FFC142 #42DFFF #6242FF

monochromatic

#C78500 #FFAD05 #FFC142 #FFD57F #FFE9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#FFC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#FFC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFC142

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFC142	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.153 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffd37e',
    500: '#ffc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffc142;
$custom-light: #ffd37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.317,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84644,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFC142

secondary

#2257C3

accent

#4BE600

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#19140A

muted

#87837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFC142

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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